Edinburgh: The Most Overrated Fish & Chips Yet!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- The final day of my little adventure. I caught the Caledonian Sleeper train from London to Edinburgh where I took in as many of the sights as I could. I even stopped to try some 'world famous' fish & chips.
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Eyup everyone, this video has been a bit divisive and that really wasn't my intention. The plan was to turn up last minute, with no research and just have a look around. I was absolutely knackered so maybe came across a bit grumpy but Edinburgh is a beautiful city and I'd like to come back with Helen and make a more upbeat vlog. If any locals would like to come and give us a tour, that would be great. My email address is in the description. 😊
Hey don't worry, I enjoyed it, it was 'real' nice to watch unplanned things, you're doing a good job, don't change!
Hello James I love watching your videos and I wondered if you have tips on starting a vlog as I’m thinking of starting vlog
Don't beat yourself up James. Really enjoyed the vlogs you did unplanned. Not worth making yourself ill. It looked very tiring travelling like you did 😊
Stay as you are James. It's your channel.❤
Would love to see you and Helen back in Edinburgh 👍
Dont beat yourself up James. Great that you mix it up a bit. I always enjoy watching.
I'm a bloke in my 50's as well. I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping in a hostel room with even 1 bloke in it that I didn't know, let alone 7. You definitely made the right choice there. Sounds like it's time to get back to normality and recharge your batteries. All the best.
I've been back a few days already and feeling much better already 😊
You shoulda gone to Brighton from London …..only an hour and small B&B/Travelodge’s a plenty….🤓🍺🥂🤷🏼♂️
@markstevens9660
I had wanted him to go to Brighton it would have been easier. Edingburgh needed a whole weekend devoted to it, really
I'm in my 50's too. I live only a mile from Newquay airport in Cornwall and there are flights to Scotland. I was actually thinking of Aberdeen in the winter, hoping for snow. Maybe stay for 2 nights in a Trevelodge or Premier Inn. I think Edinburgh or Glasgow are too big and touristy. I don't know what to do to be honest.
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At 22:20 that phone call reminded me of a conversation that Ricky Gervais would have had with Carl Pilkington... Helen being Ricky 😂
"im not going on a camel again" google it haha
Well done, James, thoroughly enjoyed this tour absolutely brilliant. I don't blame you for going home when you did.
It's better to be sensible than get sick and miss seeing your daughter. Lots of ❤️
😊Oh well 😅
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14:56
It's mad them not having any towels, like they weren't expecting the train that'd been on the way for several hours
I laughed when you said, "oh god I'm not walking up there" 😂
That "!pretty" bit was, I think, Harry Potteerish, James 😊
and don't start doubting yourself, you numpty! we're enjoying it!😊
I had my own room on that train and never slept a wink , I feel your pain
One trip, the heating was broken, tropical temperatures in the height of Summer, for the entire journey!!!! Staff are always really nice though.
James don’t beat yourself up all your vlogs are brilliant and entertaining 😊 Hope your rested now … onwards and upwards 😎
That call from Helibobs right cheered you up 😂😂😂🥰
James entertaining as always 👍
Been enjoying your travel videos James. Good to mix it up. Il be watching what ever you do. Best wishes.
I've done that Caledonian sleeper seated from Euston to Aberdeen and it was an absolute nightmare, I don't blame you for calling it a day.
Me too, it creaks and sounds like it needs a good service. Bloody awful.
These are new coaches and not a patch on the old ones .I'd never use the sleeper
A goodly measure of larrup on a long journey usually suffices, mr King.
It's very hard to be spontaneous AND budget conscious when you rock up to a city you're not familiar with, especially when you're also knackered from travelling but did a brilliant job with this odyssey James! There's no need to pay £00s for hotel rooms in Edinburgh or Glasgow but finding cheap ones near the city centres does take a bit of looking, like with any big city....and it's probably never going to be cheap if you arrive on the night you want to stay. Glasgow has a few affordable pod-type hotels including Revolver and Citizen M.....Maldrons hotel is also nice and can be cheap depending when you book....my personal favourite is Grasshoppers hotel right next to the central station (not sure if they still do it, but they used to have free homemade cupcakes available for guests 24/7!!)
The cheapest accommodation is the University digs about a mile from the centre, they rent them out when students go home.
Great video, as always. Love your content and appreciate the massive effort you always put into it. Thanks.
I think James was tired today, whinging about prices all the time reminds me of myself 😂
It's normal to whinge about prices if you live in UK cos most of us aren't paid enough for the kinds of price tags on everything. Although a better way is just to avoid buying.
The Grassmarket during the festival is the busiest place...
And this vlog is exactly why you’re so popular James, we love your honesty and down to earth ways showing us a honest, down to earth reviews of everywhere you go. Keep it up 👏👏👏😘
Thank you 😊❤️
We've always called them Railway Stations. A train isn't going to do much unless there's a loco attached to it. Nobody says Plane Station do they?
Dont be saying sorry your health and safety comes first James
Find a library and a swimming baths. Add that to your missions if it’s like this. Just an idea.
Thanks for taking us on a great trip! I reckon if you'd had a bit of sleep on the train, you'd have been ok, but you looked dazed and shattered when you came out the station. A snooze in the park might have helped (I've seen it done discreetly!)
Still, nothing ventured nothing gained. I'm sure the next wandering adventure will benefit from the do's and don'ts learned from this one.
Rooms are just going to get more n more expensive as summer comes along, aren't they. If you scroll the calender on the YHA website you can find dates and (cheaper) prices for private rooms for odd nights here n there...
Great stuff!
I’m glad you went home I couldn’t have coped watching you going anywhere else, I was bloody knackered watching😂
I know I shouldn’t laugh when you say you’re tired but it’s the way you tell ‘em …(as Frank Carson would say :-)
The stadium is for the Edinburgh Tattoo. Happens every summer
I went last Sept, it was crazy busy & unfortunately rained the whole day. We stayed in Linlithgow, short train journey to Edinburgh. I will need to do it again as i didnt have a very positive experience 😢. X
Enjoyed going on your journey with you James it’s cost you a fortune & there’s no point in making ya self ill sleep deprivation is not good. You’ve done a fantastic job walking all them miles round London & Edinburgh 💙
Actually I thought you didn't look good James and thought get yersen back home, get rested up. I don't think you need worry about getting video's out or even the Content, just you and Helen and yer down to earth attitude is what we like. Just be you not what you think you got to be to please others. That's what we like about you both. Hope you feeling better.
We were SHOUTING AT THE TELLY about the fish & chips ("don't go in, don't do it!") 😮. Hells bells and bacon burgers! 😢 Marvellous video with real passion 👍.
Yes, we do the same! lol Trouble is when your tired, and in a strange town or City, your vulnerable.We were on the edge of our seats when he mentioned hostel. Absolutely fine, if your back packing with others etc., no problem, brilliant! However, if you haven’t had any sleep, you got to have your wits about you!
@@shirleymclean5895 It was the best we had in the UK and as a pescatarian we eat a lot of fish and chips. The scallops in Islay were only thing better.
I'm bloody knackered just watching these videos. Take yourself back home and get some rest. Bagpipes......what a fecking noise!! Great stuff as always, take care x
you could've caught a half-hour train to somewhere like Stirling and got a hotel room for 70 quid. There's a castle there and then an easy start to the Inverness journey
Edinburgh is probably my most favourite city I have ever visited,so much history and a variety of places to eat but can be quite hilly but well worth the effort 💛James is probably tired and cranky, doing too much in a short amount of time 😣
James loving these vlogs well done
Edinburgh is knackering when you get to my age and don't really have a plan. Premier Inn at Falkirk is usually reasonable, 55 sheets a night at the moment and worth considering if you ever return. Thanks for the upload James.
Thank you . Lovely how the Scottish ways with the bagpipes is celebrated without interruption , love the sound of the bagpipes .
Amazing you got through with so little sleep , well done great video. 😊
Loved the road trip, totally different, well done. I'm waiting for the 50K :)
Aye.. now then..that statue with the fella with a road cone on his head.. story is the local council just leave it up their because every time they took it down someone just put one back on..so 2 men with a truck to remove it was getting to expensive..
I bloody hate a bill with service charge ! £20 odd quid for fish chips and runny mushy peas . That’s tourist areas for you ! Very bloody sad. I understand they have overheads BUT cut your prices and you’ll get more people in! Nuff said .
Love the vlogs James 👍
I really enjoyed the past three uploads dude, its brave to be putting polls to the people and going off on a whim. Its positive stuff . I don't understand the negative comments towards you mate, it seems as though some have missed the point. Take care James, in a bit.
Thank you mate 😊
Brave?
Love these random destinations James,WOW Edinburgh looks amazing, never ever been but having watched your superb vlog it's definitely on my bucket list, as always thanks for sharing ❤️👍
Congratulations James, you've smashed it. Amazing. I thought you would fly into Edinburgh. You are my Braveheart. Amazing tour of Edinburgh. Thank you. Love to you Helen. Love the banter.
What ever video you do. I enjoy them. Keep going 😂
James, i would have gone home straight from London. Credit to you for trying something different but it's not the same when you're traveling about on your own. Have a pint, get on that train and don't fall asleep because of missing your stop!
I tried the "Sleeper" in February and was so excited to experience the journey. Euston to Inverness was my route. Lovely staff and service but the rolling stock is well passed its shelf life. I had a room but you do not get sleep in them either, too rickety, too noisy and frequent jolts. I would like to think there will be an investment in rolling stock but in toaday's UK, no chance. Great vlog though. 😊
Ha, I thought it was just me who thought this way. Agree with all your comments and I believe it was quite airless. Don’t remember any contact with staff (I boarded late in the day). Can’t remember whether I was going for an interview or had a long haul flight to catch, was absolutely shattered. If I had been able to sleep lengthways instead of side ways on, may have been a bit better, felt as if I was going to be tipped out at every stop 😂, and there was plenty of those. This was many years ago, never repeated the ‘experience’.
It belongs to the holyrood debacle, not WM, Snp are incapable of organising ferries to the many islands and fail monumentally in every thing they do. #ScrapHolyrood and sort out most of Scotland's problems.
Love your content James always a good video 👍
The seating that they are setting up at the Castle is for The Edinburgh Tattoo❤
Do what us poor people in Glasgow do and visit in winter,cheaper hotels , not so many tourists, one for Helen and you. Good luck.
Love watching all your videos from here in perth western australia. Really enjoy all your travels and good laughs with yourself and helen please keep those videos rolling in look forward to more to come your a natural😊
Great following your journeys, and as others have said, really brave to let people choose where you go so kudos to you! Looking forward to seeing your next adventures with Helen too 👍🏻
Thank you, some fun trips with Hellibobs coming up 😊
Really enjoyed this series of videos. Fair play taking on all those tourist hot stops . How you stayed upright after a day in London , then no sleep is beyond me . Keep it up 👍
I loved the comment about wherever you go you hear bagpipes, reminded me of Jon Cleese, what did Sir expect to hear in Scotland a Colliery Brass Band perhaps. Well done for as we say stating the blooming obvious 😊
Before Edinburgh became Disneyland on a chill wind, the only time you heard bagpipes in Edinburgh was during the tattoo, now its during the tatty see you Jimmy 365 days
I was going to go there for 3 days with Voel coaches from North Wales . Thank's James you showed me Edinburgh Saved me some money won't be going too busy.
You've got my sympathises James. Living very very close to a tourist focused town it's almost a no go area in the high season. Thought you were pushing yourself very hard in this episode James take care...😎🇬🇷
The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK and runs from near St Pauls in London where you were the other day and ends in the centre of Edinburgh where you are in this vlog. shame you had to end this early but l am sure you will try somthing similar again soon.
That was great james just going to watch your visit to London now
The things you do for us James, eating rubbish fish n chips and walking miles lol, O and not forgetting sleeping in hostels lol. LOVE IT 😂 seeetheee Maxx
Haha thanks Maxx
Another brilliant video 👍👍
I’ve really enjoyed this series of vlogs James. When you got to the quieter bit with all them people, apparently it’s where they used to do hangings. We did open top bus tour , you walked some miles there. You film whatever you want , people watch if they want to or don’t . Just be you, cos you are doing great.
JAMES......Get a decent size Campervan. You can do the town tours % have sleep facilities at hand.
Don't class it as "vanlife" though, too many others doing that.
I'm currently touring France & Spain, but not YouTubing🙂
Awwa James hope your OK you will be OK my friend don't stress I know it's hard xxx❤❤❤
Loved this vlog,your confidence has shot up....Keep it up your fab.x
I feel your fatigue, traveling can really take it out of you when you're trying to see a lot in a short time. We viewed the Royal Britannia Yacht and then went to The FishMarket for fish and chips, I really enjoyed my meal there. Loved hearing the chat with Helen. Thanks for the tour around Edinburgh. Enjoy your time with your daughter, hope you got some rest. See you soon in the van, Dorothy probably missed you. Take care.
Thank you, I'm back home and having a lovely trip in Dorothy with Helen 😊
Home of the deep fried mars bar, what did you expect James? That first monument you looked at musta bin modelled on Thunderbird 3.
The away days didn't really work I'm surprised a long journey on a train no panoramic scenery stills or moving footage. Unless it was in total darkness all the journey.
Great vlog James I don’t blame you for heading home can’t wait for the Cromer Vlog a lovely little seaside town
Thank you mate, we're having a great day in Cromer
Beautiful & great crab
Don't worry about coming home a day early James it was still a great Vlog.😉
There are some beautiful pictures in that gallery.
I have really enjoyed the vlogs james
Hi James for fish + chips stick to Yorkshire with beef dripping that train has many reports about lack of sleep from passengers sadly the only time i get grumpy is when shattered too so i know the feeling.
Lovely video James, keep up the good work! 🇬🇧
Caledonian waker haha, that did make spit my coffee out. Keep up the great videos.
James come to Cardiff mate I guarantee you'll love it
I live in Basel and when I go to visit family in Newcastle I fly to Edinburgh. Its is expensive for Hotels, more expensive than London. I often stay overnight but slightly out of town Haymarket area. Still on the tramand bus route to airport and 10 to 15 minute walk to Waverley. I when them in Edinburgh tend to get out of it. Go to South Queensferry and see the Fourth bridges, have a walk up to Arthur's Seat or down Lieth Walk to Lieth.
Where are the other three?
Perfect call to head home ....
It was exhausting!
Yes, for the viewers as well!
Sorry to trouble you Shirley. Hope you didn't miss BGT.
@@bythecurb 😆Apologies James, that comment wasn’t complete or negative .We were shouting at the tv NO, DONT GO BACK TO THE HOSTEL, DONT WALK UP THAT HILL! GET BACK TO THE STATION A.S.A.P😯 Worried for your well being and safety. We love and enjoy your vlogs!
Loathe BGT
The Shouty man in Edinburgh was the best one yet. 😊
James editing game stepping up 🙌🍻
I no what to do grab a pint 😂that was so funny when you had Helen on the phone 😂❤
We stayed at the premier inn waterfront in leith, it was about £90 cheaper than Edinburgh center and only a 10 quid taxi away. And good pubs in leith.
Enjoyed the video mate. I live in Edinburgh. Next time you go stay away from the tourist traps. 😆
Don't be hard on yourself James,I enjoy all your vlogs 😊
That was grate James really interesting thanks
Really enjoyed this content as we do all your vlogs. Have a good rest and just do whatever type of vlog you choose, they are all great
Thank you 😊❤️
I was looking forward to this video James but you needed help lad to have someone show you around Edinburgh. You really missed out on a lot
Always enjoy whatever you are up to James.. Edinburgh looks nice 👍🙏
Thank you Kenny
Good vlog mate , you put a lot of effort in for sure, I'm traveling up in the morning, kent to Edinburgh, heading for isle of arran for a few nights wild camping with my lad .
Got a cheap ish travelodge
Good to see you in town 😃
I should have gave you some tips 😩
Mate you need to do some research! Edinburgh is a fantastic city, and you seem to have just done random places. With some research you could have had an amazing experience and a cheaper one. I’m a bit pissed off with this review to be honest!!
I really liked Edinburgh but the idea behind this series was to just turn up at places without any planning.
Sorry James you can’t go to places like London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and have no idea what to do, not to mention you are spending your hard earned money to make great content. Not really a winging kind of place, unless you are going to spend a few days to get your bearings. You have not given your viewers a fair look at what the beautiful city of Edinburgh has to offer….I’m with James Monty on this one! Big supporter of your channel James, but this was not your best and such a waste of a great city with so much potential for great content. I think you want to hear honest feedback…..I hope you take it that way…Looking forward to more great videos
I do and I appreciate that. This series hasn't really worked out well so it's back to the usual content for the foreseeable future.
On a positive note, I think it fair to say that you will have learned a few things from this particular exercise !
Thanks James, get ya sen a good rest, have a chillout for a few days and do what you like best. All the best to you. 😊
Great video as always my man, should take a trip to Portsmouth or the Isle of Wight i think you'll enjoy it down here
Great video.. picture quality is great 😊
Should have crossed the bridge and got a bnb in Rosyth or nearby. Hell of lot cheaper and only 20 minutes from the City. Added bonus, get to film all 3 bridges.
Don't blame you for cutting it short, i hate missing sleep. Hope you have a good rest buddy.
Great content even when you are knackered!
Honestly you seemed really down in this vlog & i think you made the right decision in the end! Better to be happy than forcing content.x
Enjoyed it all as usual. Great idea to let us choose & brave of you to do it… you must be knackered. Get yourself home… see you soon. Lucy xx
Nice vid james .you should of tried the Guildford Arms pub near waverly Station. Good selection of beers in there
love auld reekie,deacon brodies is a good place for a meal/drink,went in the castle once was good to see the scottish crown jewels,and the niddrie street vaults ghost walk is great
Bertie's is a massive trap for tourists who want to try fish and chips but don't know where else to go. All your Americans and other tourists are on Victoria Street for their Instagram photos, they see the big red white and blue neon sign and they're sold. They won't bat an eyelid at paying £30 for a mediocre fish supper and some tinned mushy peas because they don't know any better. There are numerous chippies around the city who will do a much better fish supper with a can of Irn Bru - which is how it should be done - for around a tenner.
Oh my James, you took me right back to times spent with my relatives from Barnsley when you said you would be really "badly", that is what they used to say. Sweets were spice, coat was coit, love it. Well done on your trip, you really covered some miles. Looking forward to the next vlog
I love your vids I love watching you and Helen not where you go you guys put a big smile on my face cheers nige